I interviewed my brother-in-law’s ex-girlfriend for this piece. But it wasn’t awkward because their break-up was of the rare “legitimately mutual” variety.
There was a time when I was positive Kristina Schaefer—herein referred to as KR—would become my sister-in-law. She’d been dating my brother-in-law for a while, and they moved to New York together. It seemed inevitable, despite his weird views on marriage.
But, after four years, they parted amicably because KR came to terms with the fact that she wasn’t bisexual, as she’d thought for the duration of their relationship. The truth of the matter was that she actually identifies as gay—and had been in love with a friend of hers for a while.
